It didn’t matter that the Valkyries’s inaugural game would end in defeat to the Sparks. Wins and losses didn't matter that night.

Friday was more about what’s coming than what is.

It was about the dawning of an era, @thompsonscribe.bsky.social writes.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6363303/2025/05/17/valkyries-sparks-kelsey-plum-wnba-expansion/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky